Behind-the-scenes at 'Bachelor: Women Tell All' taping

Feb. 23, 2013
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Sean Lowe goes from roses to dancing shoes. / Kevin Foley, ABC

by Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY

by Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY

It's been four months since the taping of this season of The Bachelor wrapped.

And on Friday night in a studio in Hollywood, Sean Lowe and 18 of his (rejected) women reunited to tape The Bachelor: Women Tell All episode, airing March 4 on ABC (8 p.m.).

"We should be out in 8 to 10 hours, if we're lucky," joked host Chris Harrison to the studio audience.

We can tell you it didn't take quite that long, but almost.

There was a lot of rejection re-hashing by the assembled women, including Desiree and Sarah, whose hearts were particularly broken by Sean.

And the woman Sean sends home on Monday's overnight dates episode was there to lick her wounds, too, but not before blindsiding Sean with some surprising allegations. Things got tense during that exchange, but the mood overall was more melancholic than malicious.

"They didn't get catty," Harrison told USA TODAY after the taping. "This is a very respectful, good group."

But that definitely didn't hold back when Tierra showed up.

The villain of the season, whose brother recently broke the news that she is engaged, took the hot seat for a grilling from the girls, and from Harrison, who flat-out asked her if the engagement is a hoax. (We can't spoil it by revealing her answer.) We can tell you that several of the women called her out on specific drama-filled date incidents, and Tierra was forced to try to defend herself in that special way that only Tierra can.

As Harrison said (on behalf of all fans of the show), "She had it coming."